$1,000,000 (Aus) for a Jeff Wall.

[tim atherton]

I am not entirely sure why we should care about this. Unless you are a "merchant of works of art" i.e. a businessperson of sorts, then it is very important.

One of several reasions: because it's a sign (good or not) that in certain areas photography is being regarded less and less as a handicraft

[Ash]

I was never that keen on Jeff Wall's work. I was lucky enough to see an exhibition in the Tate Modern a year or two ago, but it just didn't interest me. Aesthetically they can be interesting, but as a whole I am not moved by any of his work. That said, to see the images tower over me on light boxes was quite cool

[Bill_1856]

O.P.M. (Other people's money).